Personen uit het Oude Testament

The prophet Jeremiah is shown with curly hair and classical drapery, standing in a rolling landscape. He carries a thick volume under his right arm while gesturing with his left hand as if in mid-speech. The image is enclosed in a decorative border and identifies the figure with a caption in the upper right.

Jeremiah represents the prophetic tradition that Renaissance Neoplatonists reconciled with ancient philosophy. As an engraver for Rudolf II in Prague, Sadeler's work reflects the humanist and religious synthesis central to the Imperial court's intellectual culture.